Improvement in shoemakers  tools



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MYRON W. LY MAN AND FRANKLIN (l. WVMAN, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPRQVEMENT IN `sHoEM'nKERs' TooLs.

TheSeheduIe referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

T0 u whom t mll 00m/WWF of the lateral arnnforms tlreuubbing surface. 'Ihe YBe it known that we, MYRON \V..LYMAN land ,FRANKLIN O. WYMAN, 0f Chicago, in.; the county of Cook and State-of Illinois, have invented new and' improved' Fore-'partor Ildge-Irons for Shoeinakers, A

and we do hereby declare the following 'to' be a -f'ull clear, and exact description thereof, which will vena.-4

ble others skilled in the art to which our invention appertains to make'and use theV same, -`reference being had tothe accompanyin g.drawing:forming p art of this specifcatiomin which--r' Figures 1 and .2 are perspective views ot' thetools, showing the reversible cap adjnsted'rfo-r use in .reverse position upon the sl1ank.,'

Figure 3 isY aperspective view ot' the adjustable Acap detached from the shank.

*Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures of the drawing.

4( )u'r invention has for its object to do away with the'large number of different tools used by Shoemak- Itrs in linishiug the edges of boots and shoes, and to j provide asini ple. device capable of adjustment to accommodate the different surfaces to be finished.

In the accompanying drawing- A is the shank of the tool, recessed upon one side, as shown, and provided with a tang, B, by which it is kattached to a suitable handle.

G is a lateral arm, formed at right angles upon the shank A to receive the adjustable cap D, and isprovided at one edge with a beveled flange or guard, E.

llhe cap D is constructed with a series et' shoulders upon its working face, and is locked in any desiredposition upon the arm C byineans of the set-screw F.

When the cap is applied to the lateral arm in the position shown in iig. l, a double-guard iron is formed, for sewed or pegged work, by means of the guard E upon the armand the guard G upon the cap, the former working between the upper-leather and-the top of the sole, and the latter against the bottom ofthe sole, while the surface H bears against. the edge of thesole in the usual manner.

- By adjusting the capthe double-guard iron is applicable to soles of any thickness.

For single guard or jigger-irous the tool is used with the surface I of the cap, forming the guard to `hear against the bottom of the sole, whilethe face J The parts L and are separate tools, but are both cpnstructed upon the cap, so :that thewhole range of sole-irons` shall be embraced'iuone instrument.

When the'portion M is adjustedwith relation to the guard E, as shown in fig. 2, it forms` a tool for Napoleon taps upon boots and shoes, independently of the shank-iron L.

By our invention we are enabled to produce upon a single shank all the range of tools used by shoemake-rs in finishing the edges of boots and shoes from heel to toe.

The device is simple in construction, easily adjusted, and supplies the place of from forty` to sixty di'erent' sized irons and tools as theyvare known and numbered for the trade.

We are aware that edge-irons for boots and shoes have heretofore been formed with an adjnstable'cap for adaptation to the 'edges of bootI and shoe-soles; and we thereforedo not claim the adjustable cap; but

Having described our'inveutiou,

What we claim as new,and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

The fore-part or edge-irons, when the adjustable .fand reversible cap is formed with a shank-iron, L, in

addition to the guard 'G, and shoulder M, as hereir shown and described.

` MYRON W. LYMAN.

FRANKLIN C. WYMAN.

` "Witnesses:

STILLMAN R. BrneHAM, HENRY S. "Bruant/LM. 

